Wraith Squadron is once again tasked with destroying Warlord Zsinj. This time, they are assigned to General Han Solo, who is heading up the New Republic task force that is seeking Zsinj.

At the same time, Face, just been promoted to Brevet Captain, notices a chance encounter between Myn and Lara, delves deeper into the history of Lara Notsil. Eventually outing her as Gara Petothel, much to Myn's horror, and is almost shot down by Myn when he flies into a psychotic rage. Eventually being picked up by Zsinj, she hands over a portion of intelligence to prove her ability and loyalty, and then sets out to destroy the warlords flagship, by gradually reprogramming a majority of the ships maintenance droids. At the end of the book Wraith Squadron is absorbed into the New Republic Intelligence and Myn Donos, newly recovered from his depression, transfers to Rogue Squadron.

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Aaron Allston
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Aaron Dale Allston was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His later works as a novelist include those of the X-Wing series, Wraith Squadron, Iron Fist, Solo Command, Starfighters of Adumar and he wrote two entries in the New Jedi Order series, Enemy Lines I, Rebel Dream and Enemy Lines II, Rebel Stand. Allston wrote three of the nine Legacy of the Force novels, Betrayal, Exile, and Fury, Allston was born December 8,1960 in Corsicana, Texas to Tom Dale Allston and Rose Binford Boehm. Allston moved all over Texas in his youth and graduated high school in Denton. An avid fan of science fiction from an age, by high school he was the secretary. Allston moved to Austin in 1979 and attended the University of Texas, Allston was a circulation manager, assistant editor, and editor of Space Gamer magazine, and by 1983 was a full-time freelance game designer. He served as editor of Space Gamer from issues 52 to 65, during Allstons tenure as editor, the magazine won the H. G. Wells Award for Best Professional Role-Playing Magazine in 1982. Allston authored the book Autoduel Champions in 1983, which crossed over Champions by Hero Games, Allston helped launch the Fantasy Gamer spinoff magazine. He co-wrote the computer game Savage Empire, which was named Best PC Fantasy RPG by Game Player magazine in 1990 and he authored the Rules Cyclopedia, a revision and compilation for the Dungeons & Dragons game. He branched into fiction, and in the mid-1990s wrote five novels and he began writing for the Star Wars X-Wing series in 1997, when the primary sequence writer Michael Stackpole could not handle the entire workload. Allston produced a new edition of Champions for Hero Games in 2002, in 2006, he launched the The Legacy of the Force series with a hardcover entitled Betrayal. In 2005, Allston made his debut on the independent film Deadbacks. The film went into post-production but was never released, Allston lived in Round Rock, Texas. For a short time, he worked for the Austin American-Statesman newspaper, in early April 2009 Allston had a heart attack and underwent an emergency quadruple bypass surgery, while on the book signing tour for Outcast, the first book in the Fate of the Jedi series. On February 27,2014, Allston collapsed during an appearance at VisionCon in Branson, Missouri and he died later that day in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 53. E. T. E

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Star Wars: X-wing (book series)
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date

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Star Wars expanded universe
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The Star Wars expanded universe is a collective term for all Star Wars fictional material produced by Lucasfilm or officially licensed by it. This restructuring left the Star Wars theatrical films, the Clone Wars animated film, a number of works have subsequently been produced, including the Rebels animated TV series, the 2015 film The Force Awakens, and multiple novels and comic book series. Fosters 1978 novel Splinter of the Minds Eye was commissioned by Lucas as the basis for a potential sequel to Star Wars should the film prove unsuccessful. A Star Wars comic book series from Marvel Comics ran from April 1977 to May 1986, former Marvel Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter credited the titles strong sales for saving Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978. Marvels Star Wars series was one of the top selling titles in 1979 and 1980. The material was used as a resource by some novelists that followed, StarWars. com wrote in 2014 that the novel jumpstarted a publishing program that endures to this day and formalized the Expanded Universe. It introduced, among others, the popular characters Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade and this so-called Thrawn trilogy is widely credited with revitalizing the Star Wars franchise. In The Secret History of Star Wars, Michael Kaminski suggests that this renewed interest was a factor in Lucass decision to create the prequel trilogy. Around this same time, Dark Horse Comics acquired the Star Wars license and launched a number of series set after the film trilogy. In 1999, Star Wars book publishing moved from Bantam Spectra to Del Rey Books, New Jedi Order, set 25 to 30 years after the original films, introduced a new threat, the Yuuzhan Vong, a powerful alien race attempting to invade and conquer the entire galaxy. The bulk of Expanded Universe storytelling explores the time period after Return of the Jedi, subsequent novels and comics were set before, concurrent with, and after the events of these works. In 2004, USA Today reported that over 1,100 Star Wars titles had been published, including novels, comics, non-fiction, then-president of Lucas Licensing, Howard Roffman, estimated that there were more than 65 million Star Wars books in print. He said, The books are a way of extending the fantasy of Star Wars, the movies have had a really profound effect on a couple of generations. Star Wars has become a cultural touchpoint, and our fans are avidly interested in exploring more stories, the animated television series Star Wars, The Clone Wars ran from 2008 to 2014 and was set between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Lucas discussed ideas for a sequel trilogy several times after the conclusion of the original trilogy, in October 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion. In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Universe material as Star Wars Legends, the companys focus would be shifted towards a restructured Star Wars canon based on new material. The announcement called these works the immovable objects of Star Wars history and it was also made clear that a planned Star Wars sequel trilogy, and subsequent works developed within the restructured canon, would not be based on Legends material but could possibly draw from it. Lucas had previously used the character Aayla Secura, introduced in 2000 in the Star Wars, Republic comic book series, in Attack of the Clones

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Star Wars
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Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It depicts the adventures of characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The franchise began in 1977 with the release of the film Star Wars and it was followed by the successful sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, these three films constitute the original Star Wars trilogy. A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005, which received mixed-to-negative reactions, a sequel trilogy began in 2015 with the release of Star Wars, The Force Awakens. All seven films were nominated for Academy Awards and have been successes, with a combined box office revenue of over $7.5 billion. Spin-off films include Star Wars, The Clone Wars and Rogue One, Star Wars also holds a Guinness World Records title for the Most successful film merchandising franchise. In 2015, the value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at USD $42 billion. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion and earned the rights to all subsequent Star Wars films. Walt Disney Studios owns digital distribution rights to all the Star Wars films, the events depicted in the Star Wars franchise take place in an unnamed fictional galaxy at an undetermined point in the distant past. Many species of creatures are depicted. Robotic droids are also commonplace and are built to serve their owners. Space travel is common, and many planets in the galaxy are members of a single galactic government. In the prequel trilogy, this is depicted in the form of the Galactic Republic, at the end of the trilogy and throughout the original trilogy. Preceding and during the trilogy, this government is the New Republic. One of the prominent elements of Star Wars is the Force and it is described in the first produced film as an energy field created by all living things surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy together. While the Force can be used for good, known as the side, it also has a dark side that, when pursued, imbues users with hatred, aggression. The sequel trilogy introduces the Knights of Ren, an order of practitioners of the side of the Force aligned with the First Order. The first film in the series, Star Wars, was released on May 25,1977 and this was followed by two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back, released on May 21,1980, and Return of the Jedi, released on May 25,1983

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Science fiction
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Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a literature of ideas. Science fiction is difficult to define, as it includes a range of subgenres and themes. Author and editor Damon Knight summed up the difficulty, saying science fiction is what we point to when we say it, a definition echoed by author Mark C. Glassy, who argues that the definition of science fiction is like the definition of pornography, you do not know what it is, in 1970 or 1971William Atheling Jr. According to science fiction writer Robert A, rod Serlings definition is fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science fiction is the improbable made possible, Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possible worlds or futures. Science fiction elements include, A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, a spatial setting or scenes in outer space, on other worlds, or on subterranean earth. Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots, futuristic or plausible technology such as ray guns, teleportation machines, and humanoid computers. Scientific principles that are new or that contradict accepted physical laws, for time travel, wormholes. New and different political or social systems, e. g. utopian, dystopian, post-scarcity, paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis Other universes or dimensions and travel between them. A product of the budding Age of Reason and the development of science itself. Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan considered Keplers work the first science fiction story and it depicts a journey to the Moon and how the Earths motion is seen from there. Later, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story about a flight to the moon, more examples appeared throughout the 19th century. Wells The War of the Worlds describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians using tripod fighting machines equipped with advanced weaponry and it is a seminal depiction of an alien invasion of Earth. In the late 19th century, the scientific romance was used in Britain to describe much of this fiction. This produced additional offshoots, such as the 1884 novella Flatland, the term would continue to be used into the early 20th century for writers such as Olaf Stapledon. In the early 20th century, pulp magazines helped develop a new generation of mainly American SF writers, influenced by Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories magazine. In 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs published A Princess of Mars, the first of his series of Barsoom novels, situated on Mars

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Paperback
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A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover or hardback books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century in such forms as pamphlets, yellowbacks, dime novels, and airport novels. Modern paperbacks can be differentiated by size, in the US there are mass-market paperbacks and larger, more durable trade paperbacks. In the UK, there are A-format, B-format, and the largest C-format sizes, Paperback editions of books are issued when a publisher decides to release a book in a low-cost format. Cheaper, lower quality paper, glued bindings, and the lack of a cover may contribute to the lower cost of paperbacks. Paperbacks can be the medium when a book is not expected to be a major seller or where the publisher wishes to release a book without putting forth a large investment. Examples include many novels, and newer editions or reprintings of older books, first editions of many modern books, especially genre fiction, are issued in paperback. Best-selling books, on the hand, may maintain sales in hardcover for an extended period in order to reap the greater profits that the hardcovers provide. These paper bound volumes were offered for sale at a fraction of the historic cost of a book, the Routledges Railway Library series of paperbacks remained in print until 1898, and offered the traveling public 1,277 unique titles. The German-language market also supported examples of cheap books, Bernhard Tauchnitz started the Collection of British. These inexpensive, paperbound editions, a precursor to mass-market paperbacks. Reclam published Shakespeare in this format from October 1857 and went on to pioneer the mass-market paper-bound Universal-Bibliothek series from 10 November 1867, the German publisher Albatross Books revised the 20th-century mass-market paperback format in 1931, but the approach of World War II cut the experiment short. The first released book on Penguins 1935 list was André Maurois Ariel, Lane intended to produce inexpensive books. He purchased paperback rights from publishers, ordered large print runs to keep prices low. Booksellers were initially reluctant to buy his books, but when Woolworths placed a large order, after that initial success, booksellers showed more willingness to stock paperbacks, and the name Penguin became closely associated with the word paperback. In 1939, Robert de Graaf issued a similar line in the United States, the term pocket book became synonymous with paperback in English-speaking North America. In French, the term livre de poche was used and is still in use today, de Graaf, like Lane, negotiated paperback rights from other publishers, and produced many runs. His practices contrasted with those of Lane by his adoption of illustrated covers aimed at the North American market, in order to reach an even broader market than Lane, he used distribution networks of newspapers and magazines, which had a lengthy history of being aimed at mass audiences

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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker

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Iron Fist (novel)
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Iron Fist is a novel set in the Star Wars expanded universe. It is the novel in the Star Wars, X-wing series. It continues the exploits of Wraith Squadron begun by Allston in Wraith Squadron, after Wraith Squadrons first successful mission against Admiral Trigit, the squadron is transferred back to Coruscant. During a visit to one of the bars on the planet. New Republic Military Police officers quickly arrive and break up the fight, while being marched off, Face Loran hints that this may in fact be a trap, and the other members escape, subduing their captors. At the debriefing, it is revealed that the New Republic MPs were in fact covert agents working for Warlord Zsinj, for security reasons, Wraith Squadron is to be confined to the base. They also receive replacements pilots, Castin Donn, Dia Passik, while at the base their new mission is to predict what Zsinj may be planning next. Meanwhile, Phanan recognizes that one of the officers who had debriefed them was Atton Repness, Phanan and Kell devise an elaborate plot to bait Repness and expose him. Phanan and Face recruit Lara Notsil, who is actually Gara Petothel in disguise, after submitting their predictions of Zsinjs plans, Wraith Squadron is sent to the Halmad system, an Imperial world with a large amount of resources. Their mission is to pose as a band of pirates and stage raids in an attempt to catch Zsinjs attention and they manage to sneak into an Imperial base and steal six TIE Interceptors. As the Hawk-bats, the Wraiths begin staging pirate raids on freighters, meanwhile, at the pilot academy, Lara Notsil continues trying to bait Repness and succeeds. Using her Imperial Intelligence skills, she manages to hack into Repness computer and she then publicly rejects Repenss offer to join his operation. Repness attempts to keep her quiet, but fails and is arrested, Lara is given Repness old X-Wing and transferred to Wraith Squadron just in time to assist with a joint mission with Rogue Squadron. During the mission, Lara has the opportunity to shoot Wedges X-Wing in the back, after the mission, Wraith Squadron resumes the guise of the Hawk-bats and prepares for a massive raid on two Imperial airbases. Face begins to realize Phanans deep depression, and Lara is covertly contacted by Warlord Zsinj, Lara is forced her to decide whether to join the New Republic or the Empire. Myn Donos passes by and provides some comfort, and offers to accompany Lara to see her brother, the Wraiths start their massive raid, but are quickly foiled when Zsinj ambushes them. Phanans fighter is shot down and Face tries to rescue him, unfortunately, Phanan is mortally wounded from the crash and dies. Shocked at the death of his best friend, Face returns to the Wraiths, meanwhile, Lara and Donos arrive at the rendezvous

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The Courtship of Princess Leia
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The Courtship of Princess Leia is a 1994 bestselling Star Wars book by Dave Wolverton. It continued the streak of New York Times Bestsellers, which started with 1991s Heir to the Empire. The Courtship of Princess Leia is set in the Star Wars expanded universe, and deals with the downfall of Warlord Zsinj and the circumstances leading to the marriage of Han Solo and Princess Leia. Though the Battle of Endor resulted in the destruction of the Emperor and Darth Vader, along with the best of the Imperial Starfleet, one of the recently formed New Republics most dire foes is a splinter faction of the former Empire, led by Warlord Zsinj. Zsinj is a cunning strategist whose skills have earned him the allegiance of almost a third of the entire galaxy. Both the Imperial Remnant and the New Republic have dedicated considerable forces to ending his reign, but Zsinj has possession of one of the few Super Star Destroyers left, and whenever nearly cornered, slips away to a secret stronghold where the SSD Iron Fist is repaired. Eventually, Han learns that the Hapes cluster had sent a delegation of some manner to the New Republic, the effect is devastating, Leia nearly accepts, driving Han into a frenzy of fear and jealousy. Han eventually wanders into a cantina in the reaches of Coruscant. One of his opponents out of liquid financial instruments and instead proffers real estate. Han thinks he has found a gift which would prove his worthiness to Leia, when Leia examines his gift and points out that he has been conned, Han is further devastated. Isolder compounds insult with injury by denigrating the Millennium Falcon and offering Han a Nova battle cruiser if he abandons his quest to win Leias heart and he abducts Leia using the Gun of Command, and flees with her and Chewbacca aboard his recently refitted Millennium Falcon to Dathomir. Prince Isolder pursues him with his Hapan fleet, the Millennium Falcon had been forced to land on Dathomir itself, where it is captured by the Imperial garrison Zsinj had marooned on the surface years ago. On the surface, Isolder and Luke discover the remnants of the star-borne Jedi training academy, Luke had seen recordings noting how Yoda and a number of other Jedi knights had failed to retrieve the library of the Chuunthor, due to interference by the Witches of Dathomir. The best they had been able to do was seal the vessel thoroughly, as they peruse the vessel, however, Isolder and Luke are captured by a Dathomiri witch, who enslaves them and takes them to her village. If they did not, he would keep his nightcloak intact, eventually, they infiltrate the Imperial garrison and steal the Falcon, piloting it out into the ongoing Battle of Dathomir. Arriving upon the bridge, he launches two concussion missiles, destroying the bridge, killing Zsinj, and knocking out the ventral shields. With Iron Fist so exposed, the Hapan Battle Dragons move into position with their ion cannons, shortly thereafter, Solo and Leia marry, having realized during their intrepid journey together that they loved each other. Isolder is consoled by the fact he has fallen in love with his captor, reception for The Courtship of Princess Leia was predominantly positive and the book was a New York Times Bestseller in both its hardback and paperback formats

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Wraith Squadron
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Wraith Squadron is the fifth of ten books in the Star Wars, X-wing series of novels. It was written by Aaron Allston, wedge Antilles, fresh back from the Bacta War on Thyferra, decides to make a new fighter squadron/commando team. At the end of the plot, the Wraiths are part of a force that attacks Admiral Trigit, one of the escapees, Gara Petothel, the mastermind behind the destruction of Talon Squadron, assumes a cover identity of Lara Notsil, a prisoner of Trigit. X-Wing, Wraith Squadron reached 15 on the New York Times bestseller list on February 22,1998

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Han Solo
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Han Solo is a character in the Star Wars franchise. In the original trilogy, Han and his co-pilot, Chewbacca. During the course of the Star Wars story, he becomes a figure in the Alliance. Star Wars creator George Lucas described the character as a loner who realizes the importance of being part of a group and helping for the common good. Han owes crime lord Jabba the Hutt a great deal of money and has a price on his head, Han and his passengers are attacked by Imperial stormtroopers, but escape by accelerating to light speed. When they arrive at Alderaan, however, they discover that the planet has been destroyed, the Falcon is then captured and held within the Death Star, a moon-sized battle station constructed by the Empire. Han and company hide from detection inside the Falcons smuggling bays and they discover that Princess Leia Organa is a prisoner on board, and Luke convinces Han to help rescue her by promising him a huge reward. They rescue Leia and escape, though Obi-Wan is killed by Sith Lord Darth Vader, after delivering Luke, Leia, C-3PO, and R2-D2 to the Rebel Alliance, Han and Chewbacca receive a payment for their services and prepare to leave. Luke asks Han to stay and help the Rebels attack the Death Star, Han has a change of heart and returns to save Lukes life during the films climactic battle scene, ultimately enabling Luke to destroy the Death Star. For his heroics, Han is presented with a medal of honor, Han helps Chewbacca join his family on the Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk. He faces Imperial forces on Kashyyyk, and later joins Luke, Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Chewbacca, Han returns with the Rebel Alliance to Echo Base on the frozen planet of Hoth. While out on patrol with Luke, they witness a meteor strike the surface, Han returns to base while Luke decides to investigate. Han informs Leia and the General of Echo Base that he must leave in order to clear his debt with Jabba, before he can depart, it is discovered that Luke has not returned from his reconnaissance. Han rides out alone into the frozen Hoth wastelands, soon finding Luke badly injured, using his friends lightsaber, Han cuts open his tauntaun, providing Luke warmth while he builds a shelter until they can be rescued the next morning. Later, Han and Chewbacca are sent out to investigate another meteor strike and they discover that the meteor is actually an Imperial Probe Droid. The two succeed in destroying the probe, but not before the Empire is alerted to the location of Echo Base, when the Empire attacks Echo Base, Han, Chewie, Leia, and C-3PO narrowly escape on board the Millennium Falcon. Han evades a squad of Imperial TIE fighters by flying through an asteroid field, Han and Leia fall in love during the long journey. They manage to hide from the Imperial fleet long enough to escape, bounty hunter Boba Fett secretly follows the Falcon during this getaway

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New Republic (Star Wars)
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The New Republic is the main fictional government in the Star Wars universe. The government is a restoration to the Galactic Republic, a state that governed the galaxy. Following its decisive victory at the Battle of Endor as depicted in Return of the Jedi, the goal of the New Republic was to restore the democratic rule of the galaxy that had existed under its predecessor state, the Old Republic. These individuals were able to form the First Order, an offshoot of the Empire seeking to destroy the Republic, for the three decades preceding the film, the First Order operated secretly in the unexplored regions, rebuilding its army and starfleet, in hopes of resurrecting the Empire. Inspired by the ideology of the Old Empire, the First Order constructed Starkiller Base, the superweapon was built into a mobile planet from the unexplored regions of the galaxy, and would travel across multiple star systems to draw their suns energy in order to charge its weapon. However, Starkiller Base is later destroyed by the Resistance, a splinter of the Republics military and protagonists of the film, the new Alliance serves as a provisional government which eventually transitions into the New Republic. Star Wars, The Force Awakens, The Visual Dictionary, New Republic on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki

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Wookieepedia
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The name Wookieepedia is a portmanteau of Wookiee and encyclopedia, a pun on the name of Wikipedia. The logo, too, is a visual pun showing the incomplete second Death Star as opposed to Wikipedias incomplete jigsaw logo and it is a fan-built version of the Holocron, a database maintained by Lucasfilm to track everything in the Star Wars universe and ensure continuity within it. Wookieepedia was conceived by Steven Greenwood and created at the request of hosting site Wikia by Chad Barbry, Barbry also conceived the name Wookiepedia, which was later respelled W-O-O-K-I-E-E-P-E-D-I-A. On March 4,2005, Wookieepedia was launched at Wikia, Wookieepedia is the most-visited wiki hosted by Wikia as of April 2005. On November 28,2005, Wookieepedia was selected as the Sci Fi Channels Sci Fi Site of the Week, in January 2006, the site was featured as the Wikia of the Month. Wikia hosts Star Wars wikis in many languages, and Wookieepedia also coordinates its efforts with the German language wiki called Jedipedia. net. A2014 April Fools joke was posted on the site involving alien breasts, fans have criticized the administrators and how the content is circulated. Some have even gone so far as to say it is a rather alienating wiki given its appeal being centered on only main Star Wars fans if nothing more. Criticism has also directed towards the choosing of bureaucrats as well as the growing amount of hostility and immaturity in their forums. In April 2014, Wookieepedia drew some controversy within the Star Wars fan community for posting a satirical article on breasts as its April Fools feature article. Critics regarded the article as misogynistic and in bad taste, some fans who havent cared for Wookiepedia have even defected to going to the Star Wars Uncyclopedia equivalent Darthipedia as well. Media related to Wookieepedia at Wikimedia Commons Official website on Wikia Wookieepedia on WikiIndex

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Rogue Squadron (novel)
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date

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Wedge's Gamble
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date

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The Krytos Trap
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The Krytos Trap is the third novel in the Star Wars, X-wing series. It was written by Michael A. Stackpole and it is set at the beginning of the New Republic Era in the Star Wars universe and focuses on the problems the New Republic has in occupying Coruscant. The plot focuses on three key events that happen mostly simultaneously, the first is the occupation of Coruscant and the trouble the Empire left behind with its crippling bio-attack on the planet. The virus used in the attack is the Krytos virus, a weapon developed by General Evir Derricote. Humans are apparently immune, while all species are vulnerable. The second event is the trial of Rogue Squadron executive officer Tycho Celchu, who is suspected of murdering Rogue Squadron pilot Corran Horn. Finally, Corran Horn is being held prisoner in her Lusankya prison facility and his attempts to escape lead him to uncover the secret of Rogue Squadrons mole, and it becomes a race against time to save the innocent and reveal the true traitor

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The Bacta War
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date

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Isard's Revenge
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Isards Revenge is the eighth novel in the Star Wars, X-wing series. It marks a return by writer Michael A. Stackpole to the series he created, after the death of Grand Admiral Thrawn in Timothy Zahns The Last Command, the New Republic has decided to go after the numerous warlords terrorizing the galaxy. Its first target is Admiral Krennel, the mission seems straightforward at first, but then Isard appears from the dead, offering her services and using New Republic prisoners as bait. After several initial victories against Krennel, the New Republic begins taking savage political blows from Krennel thanks to Isard, meanwhile, Iella Wesseri and Mirax Terrik begin investigating a series of strange events and clues, and discover that somebody is setting up a trap for Rogue Squadron. Unfortunately, they are too late to warn Rogue Squadron, while on a mission, the Rogues are ambushed by an entire wing of assorted TIE-Fighters. With the unexpected aid of a squadron of TIE Defenders, the Rogues manage to win, but not before losing Janson, Asyr and it is revealed that they were rescued by Isard, and that the Isard working for Krennel is in fact a clone. She makes a deal with Wedge, saying that in return for helping the Rogues defeat Krennel and retrieve the Lusankya prisoners, Wedge has no choice but to agree. While most of the galaxy, including Krennel, believe that Rogue Squadron is dead, Mirax finds out that they are alive when Whistler. The New Republic then receives a message from Wedge outlining the final attack on Krennel. During the battle, Isard betrays Rogue Squadron and denies their commando, corran decides to land his Defender and liberate the prisoners himself, taking Ooryl and Nrin Vakil with him. Fortunately, Admiral Ackbar suspected a trap and brought secret reinforcements, Krennel and the Isard clone are killed in the battle, and the Lusankya prisoners are liberated. Meanwhile, Isard takes her extra forces and attempts to steal the Lusankya, however, Iella and Mirax predicted her actions and thwarted Isards plan. Isard was killed in the process, at a party celebrating the success of the campaign against Krennel, Janson, who survived Isards ambush, is reunited with Rogue Squadron. Asyr, who survived, keeps news of her survival secret, wanting to return to Bothawui

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Starfighters of Adumar
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Starfighters of Adumar is the ninth book in the Star Wars, X-wing series. It was written by Aaron Allston, the planet of Adumar is an anomaly, settled by anonymous colonists during the early years of the Old Republic and isolated ever since. But now it has been discovered, Wedge assumes that he will somehow hammer out a treaty and bring the planet of Adumar into the New Republic, but it becomes quickly apparent that all is not as it seems. Firstly, the Empires best pilot, General Turr Phennir, secondly, Adumar is not a united planet, and right now Wedge is only talking to its largest nation, Cartann. Thirdly, the Cartannese seem to like nothing better than killing each other for bragging rights, all in all, Wedge has his work cut out for him. The Empire, on the hand, would have absolutely no problem simply conquering it. Thus, Wedge is delighted when Cartanns leader, Perator Pekaelic ke Teldan, unfortunately, Pekaelic intends to create it via conquest. He also wants the Empires and New Republics diplomats to assist in the war effort, Phennir agrees, but Wedge, unwilling to compromise the New Republics ideals, refuses. Wedge and his wingmen, as well as Iella, Cheriss and Hallis Saper, flee to the capital of the Yedagon Confederacy, there, Wedge is presented with a proposal, to lead the combined might of the rebellious nations in a military effort to overthrow Cartannese imperialism. After an indecisive air battle, Red Squadron are able to reclaim their X-wings and neutralize Phennir and his TIE interceptors, negotiations with the New Republic begin immediately. The Imperials, bitter over their loss, send a fleet to take Adumar by force, with the conflict on Adumar over, Wedge and Iella spend a romantic moment with each other, putting a positive note on their future relationship. The novel is noted for author Aaron Allstons use of humour, x-Wing, Starfighters of Adumar reached 17 on the New York Times bestseller list on August 29,1999

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Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
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Star Wars, From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker is the original title of the novelization of the 1977 film Star Wars, A New Hope. Credited to George Lucas, but ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, the book was written by Foster and based upon Lucass original screenplay for the first Star Wars film. On how he got the job, Foster said, My agent got a call from Lucass lawyer of the time, Tom Pollock. Someone had read a book of mine, Icerigger, knew that I had already done novelizations, I already knew his work through THX1138 and American Graffiti. I accepted the offer to meet with George, and did so at Industrial Light and Magic, then in a warehouse in Van Nuys. We hit it off well, I got the assignment, Foster not only adapted the films events, but also fleshed out the backstory of time, place, physics, planets, races, languages, history and technology. When asked if it was difficult for him to see Lucas get all the credit for the novelization, Foster said, I was merely expanding upon it. Not having my name on the cover didnt bother me in the least and it would be akin to a contractor demanding to have his name on a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Lucas, for his part, has always been open about the fact that Foster ghost-wrote the novel, some later editions contain sixteen pages of full-color photos from the motion picture. By February 1977, still three months before the film was released, the sold out its initial print run of 125,000 copies. The words that open each Star Wars film, A long time ago in a far, far away. Are absent from this novelization, substituted by the similar, Another galaxy, the novelization bears a major difference in the form of a prologue explaining the backstory behind the films events. It is presented as an entry of the Journal of the Whills and this prologue contains the first-ever reference to the Emperors true name, Palpatine. He promised to reunite the disaffected among the people and to restore the glory of the Republic. Once secure in office he declared himself Emperor, shutting himself away from the populace, soon he was controlled by the very assistants and boot-lickers he had appointed to high office, and the cries of the people for justice did not reach his ears. This implies that the Emperor is merely a victim of manipulation by Imperial bureaucrats rather than the true string-puller and this is because George Lucas had not fully developed the character at this point in time, allowing Alan Dean Foster to expand upon the Emperor as he saw fit. Several other portions of the novel deviate from the film, including scenes that were filmed, most notable of these are scenes with Luke Skywalker and his friends at Tosche Station on Tatooine. This differs both from the version of Jabba, and the version that finally appeared in Return of the Jedi

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The Empire Strikes Back (novel)
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The Empire Strikes Back is a science fiction novel written by Donald F. Glut and first published on April 12,1980 by Del Rey. It is based on the script of the film of the same name, the novel, like the film, introduces new characters, most notably Lando Calrissian and Boba Fett. Gluts novelisation was released in two forms, a standard edition and a special Young Readers Edition that was condensed into 150 pages. Initial printings of both versions contained 8 pages of photographs in the middle of the book. Despite the destruction of the Death Star in A New Hope, upon discovering the Rebel Alliances secret base, the Empire strikes with massive force, sending the Rebels scrambling across the galaxy. Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca and C-3PO are slowed down from escaping with the rest of the group by collapsing ice on Hoth, throughout the story, they remain within The Empires reach. Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 flee to Dagobah, but not to regroup with the others, instead, Luke seeks Yoda in order to be trained as a Jedi Knight. His development of Force sensitivity during his training gives him a sensation of the danger shadowing his friends, subsequently, Lukes friends are captured in Cloud City. Han is frozen in carbonite and taken to Jabba the Hutt, Luke leaves Dagobah to save his friends. But it is a trap, as the unprepared Luke is drawn into a confrontation with the Imperial Sith Lord Darth Vader. He is left with a hand, near-death and reeling from the shocking revelation that Vader is his father. However, he is rescued by the Millennium Falcon, as in the film, the ending sees Luke, Leia, Chewie, 3PO and R2-D2 reunited, with Luke and Lando finalizing their plan to rescue Han Solo from Jabbas captivity. The book has some differences from the film, such as, Yoda has blue skin in the novel, Luke Skywalkers training with Yoda is given more detail than in the film. The Battle of Hoth is extended somewhat, such as when General Veers AT-AT is destroyed by a Snowspeeder shortly after blowing up the Rebelss shield generator, Darth Vaders lightsaber blade is blue in the novel, whereas in the films it is red. When Luke is attacked by Stormtroopers in Cloud City, he returns fire with his blaster, unlike in the film, in the Battle of Hoth, Hobbie cant get his harness done, as opposed to setting his approach vector. The book is followed by Return of the Jedi, written by James Kahn and it is the third and final novel adaptation of the Star Wars classic trilogy. Book summary on Ringshadow The Empire Strikes Back on Wookieepedia Book review at goodreads

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Return of the Jedi (novel)
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Return of the Jedi is a science fiction novel, written by James Kahn and published on May 12,1983 by Del Rey. It is based on the script of the film of the same name, according to Publishers Weekly, it was the bestselling novel of that year. When Leia is captured by Jabba, instead of him saying, Im sure, to her warning of her friends, he says, Im sure. Additionally, instead of simply licking his lips as seen in the movie, on the cover art, the laser light of Lukes lightsaber is blue, but in the film it is green. Obi-Wan Kenobis account of Lukes parental history is expanded, Obi-Wan states that Owen Lars was his brother, Obi-Wan further tells Luke that Anakin did not know that their mother was pregnant, while in Revenge of the Sith he is well aware of the pregnancy. C-3POs story alone does not convince the Ewoks to help the Rebels, han attempts to persuade them by telling them the Empire is draining Endors resources, but also fails. It is ultimately the Ewok Wicket who convinces the tribal elders to help the Rebels, c-3PO is also described as having a wobbly, amazed smile after being levitated by Luke to impress the Ewoks, which is inconsistent with the series depiction of the droids immotile face. There is a version of the initial conversation between Palpatine and Luke. Teebo commands the Ewok army and initiates each phase of the attack, also, Wicket and Teebo are the ones to assist Chewbacca hijacking the AT-ST, not Widdle and Wunka as seen in the film. At the same time, Teebo and Paploo are not members of the party that captures the Rebels. The battle in space above Endor is given an expanded treatment, the text describes a much larger Rebel fleet than what is seen on film

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The Han Solo Adventures
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The trilogy follows the smuggling days of Han Solo and Chewbacca before the movies. The three Han Solo books were published as an omnibus edition in 1992. The events of series are incorporated into the timeline of the rest of the Star Wars Expanded Universe by being contextualized in interludes in Rebel Dawn, crispins The Han Solo Trilogy, published in 1998. Han Solo at Stars End is a fiction novel set in the Star Wars expanded universe. It was written by Brian Daley and originally published in 1979 by Del Rey and it is the first of three books in The Han Solo Adventures trilogy. However, Docs daughter Jessa informs them that Doc has vanished, as part of this effort, Han and Chewbacca escort two droids, Bollux and Blue Max, to the planet Orron III, where they meet with Rekkon, the leader of the missing persons search. Blue Max, a small computer probe hidden away in Bolluxs chest cavity, is able to infiltrate the Authoritys computer network, however, Rekkons small group has been compromised by a traitor, and their activities are discovered. During the groups attempt to escape the planet, Chewbacca is captured by Espos, Han and the others manage to escape the planet aboard the Falcon. During liftoff, the traitor shoots Rekkon and destroys the data that Blue Max gathered, before dying, however, Rekkon is able to leave the words Stars End, Mytus VII scrawled on the Falcons game table. Han realizes that this must be the location of the Authoritys covert prison facility, after unmasking and dealing with the traitor, Han and the remaining members of Rekkons group fly to Stars End. Masquerading as interstellar entertainers, they infiltrate the facility and rescue the victims, including Doc. The facility is destroyed, along with the administrator and most of the staff, in UK editions of the novel, the character name Bollux was changed to Zollux, as the original name sounds like the word bollocks, which is regarded as profanity in the UK. In 1997, Dark Horse Comics published a three issue comic book under the title Classic Star Wars, written by Archie Goodwin, the mini-series reprinted the comic strips by Alfredo Alcala, which had been based on Daleys novel. Han Solos Revenge is a fiction novel set in the Star Wars expanded universe. It was written by Brian Daley and originally published in 1979 by Del Rey and it is the second of three books in the Han Solo Adventures trilogy. Down on their luck after a smuggling run, Han Solo. Instead of the contact, though, they cross paths with Fiolla and she convinces Han that his only chance of getting paid now is to help her in tracking down the slaving ring. The slavers are watching Fiolla and are now keeping their eyes on Han and Chewbacca as well, Chewbacca takes the Falcon, while Han and Fiolla board a cruise liner

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The Adventures of Lando Calrissian
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Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon is a science fiction novel set in the Star Wars Star Wars expanded universe. It was written by L. Neil Smith and originally published in 1983 by Del Rey and it is the second of three books in The Adventures of Lando Calrissian trilogy, and one of the oldest Expanded Universe works. It is set prior to the events of A New Hope, the Oseon was a solar system of luxury hotels catering to the underemployed filthy rich-every gamblers dream come true. And so it was for Lando and his companion until Lando broke the gamblers cardinal rule. This book is available in editions, including a rare Science Fiction Book Club hardcover, a stand-alone paperback

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Heir to the Empire
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Star Wars, Heir to the Empire is a 1991 Star Wars novel by Timothy Zahn, and the first book in the Thrawn trilogy. It reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, Heir to the Empire is part of the Star Wars expanded universe, and takes place five years after the events of Return of the Jedi. The Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine, princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins. Luke Skywalker has become the first in a new line of Jedi Knights. Thrawn is searching for a Dark Jedi and is succeeding in restoring the Empire, Gilad Pellaeon, captain of the Imperial Star Destroyer Chimaera, receives word of a successful information raid on the Obroa-skai system. A retaliatory strike by an Obroa-skai task force is defeated by Pellaeons superior. On Coruscant, Obi-Wan Kenobi approaches Luke Skywalker in his sleep to say farewell, Leia Organa Solo, three months pregnant with twins, senses Lukes depression and sends C-3PO to speak with him. On Myrkr, smuggler Talon Karrde and his subordinate Mara Jade help Thrawn, afterward, the Chimaera travels to the Emperors storehouse on Wayland. On the planet, Thrawn and Pellaeon encounter Joruus Cbaoth, the guardian of the storehouse, thrawns ysalamiri prevents Cbaoth from using the Force within a short radius, with little choice, Cbaoth offers his services in exchange for two prospective students, Luke and Leia. Thrawn sends a group of Noghri to capture Luke and Leia on Bimmisaari, meanwhile, Thrawn launches his first offensive, a series of hit-and-run attacks into New Republic territory. After another failed kidnapping on Bpffash, Han and Leia keep a low profile, Noghri aliens once again attempt to capture Leia. On Dagobah, Luke discovers a metal cylinder and decides to bring it to Lando for investigation, when the protagonists meet on Nkllon to visit Lando,51 of his mole miners are stolen by the Empire. Han and Lando discuss plans to visit Talon Karrde as part of the smuggler recruitment operation, Thrawn nearly captures Luke in a space ambush, Luke escapes but becomes stranded in his X-wing fighter with R2-D2 until the Wild Karrde discovers them. Luke guesses that the Wild Karrde is either a smuggler, a pirate, still, he takes his chances and goes aboard as he has no other option. Luke wakes up and realizes that he is no longer on the freighter, when he finally wakes up, he notices Mara is in the room with him. Karrde is undecided as to what he wants to do with Luke, Han uses C-3PO to transmit a message to Coruscant in Leias voice. Han interprets the response to mean that Feylya is gathering forces to possibly push Ackbar out of the New Republic Council, in the meantime, Han and Lando leave the Falcon to meet with a fellow smuggler who is supposed to tell them the location of Talon Karrdes base. Karrde alerts Mara to Han and Landos arrival and has Luke brought to an area before the two arrive

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Dark Force Rising
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Star Wars, Dark Force Rising is a 1992 Star Wars novel by Timothy Zahn, and the second book in the Thrawn trilogy. The book continues a short time after the events of Heir to the Empire, prior to the Clone Wars, the Old Republic had constructed a fleet of 200 Dreadnaughts that were highly automated. This reduced their crew complement from 16,000 to 2,000 without diminishing their firepower, the flagship of this fleet was the Katana and hence became known as the Katana fleet. Unfortunately, a virus infected the crews of the entire fleet, the madness caused the crews to slave the controls of all ships in the fleet to the Katana and send them all into hyperspace. The fleet was never again until veteran smuggler Talon Karrde discovers it through a lucky accident several years before the events of the first book. When his forces capture one of Karrdes colleagues who knew where the fleet was. Han Solo and Lando Calrissian try to recruit former Republic Senator Garm Bel Iblis to join the fight against the Empire. However, the two face stern opposition from him because he fell out with Mon Mothma in the stages of the Rebellion. They also discover that Bel Iblis fleet also has Katana warships, elsewhere, Jedi Master Joruus C’baoth uses the Force to summon Luke Skywalker. Luke responds to the summons and begins instruction with C’baoth on the planet Jomark, however, the presence of Mara Jade complicates things further, especially when it is revealed that she was a former agent of the Emperor. With Noghri captive Khabarakh in tow, Leia, C-3PO and Chewbacca travel to Khabarakhs home planet of Honoghr and she learns of the Empires deception of the Noghri and convinces them to support the New Republic. After escaping Cbaoth, Luke rejoins Lando and Han in securing the Katana fleet against Thrawns troops, however, over the course of the battle, they find out that Thrawn has captured all but 15 of the Dreadnaughts. Mara is also knocked out during the fight when her fighter is shot down, fiction Book Review, Star Wars, The Thrawn Trilogy, Dark Force Rising. Not Rising Fast Enough, On Zahns Dark Force Rising

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The Last Command (novel)
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Star Wars, The Last Command is a 1993 Star Wars novel by Timothy Zahn, and the third book in the Thrawn trilogy. The book is set a month after Dark Force Rising, now emboldened by his recent capture of the Katana fleet and staffing them with clone personnel, Grand Admiral Thrawn launches his offensive against the New Republic with great success. Through certain deception techniques, several planets quickly capitulate to the Empire and he ups the ante when the Imperial fleet deploys 22 cloaked asteroids over Coruscant and fakes the presence of over 260 asteroids to immobilize the planet and the Republic leadership. By this time, Mon Mothma finally reconciles with Sen Garm Bel Iblis, elsewhere, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Talon Karrde work to form an alliance of smugglers to assist with the New Republic defense. Although the smugglers consider staying in the sidelines, an Imperial raid on their meeting place finally unites them against the Empire, the Jedi Master wants to turn Leia, Luke and the twins to the Dark Side. The raids sole survivor points to Mara as their mole and she is arrested, as they slip out of Coruscant, Republic security shuts down an Imperial eavesdropping system located in the former Imperial Palace. Mara, Luke, Han, Lando, Chewie, the droids and they slip past Imperial forces in the area with help from the Noghri and two local alien races. Han, Lando, and Chewie rig the base to explode, Mara, Luke, Karrde and Leia face Cbaoth, who produced his own Skywalker clone named Luuke to attack them. After a fierce battle, Mara kills Cbaoth and fulfills the Emperors orders - by killing Luuke, having learned of Thrawns deception strategy, the Republic fleet organizes an assault on the Imperial shipyards at Bilbringi to capture a device that can find the cloaked asteroids over Coruscant. A feint operation at Tangrene will draw Imperial forces away from Bilbringi, however, Thrawn sees through the deception and marshals his forces at the shipyards. When the Republic fleet and the attack, the Imperial forces severely maul them. Things nearly go the Empires way - until Capt. Gilad Pellaeon receives word of the attack on Wayland, when he reads that Noghri were among the attackers, Thrawns own Noghri bodyguard Rukh stuns him and kills the admiral himself before disappearing. With all hopes of victory now dashed by Thrawns death, Pellaeon orders all Imperial forces to retreat, back in Coruscant, Luke gives Mara Jade his fathers lightsaber and invites her to train as a Jedi. Like the other books in the series, West End Games created for this novel a role-playing game sourcebook that expanded on Zahns characters, locations, weapons, and other facts

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The Glove of Darth Vader
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The Glove of Darth Vader is the first book of the Jedi Prince series by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, and was released in June 1992. It is preceded by the novel The Truce at Bakura and followed by the second Jedi Prince novel The Lost City of the Jedi, after the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of the Emperor, the Empire is left without a true leader. The Rebel Alliance and the Senates Planetary Intelligence Network known as SPIN, hoping to find information on the new emperor, send C-3PO, there they discover Grand Moff Hissa introducing Trioculus, who claims to be Palpatines son, as the heir to Empire. Although he manages to trick his followers by seemingly producing Force lightning, by chance, Luke Skywalker and Admiral Ackbar, after picking up the droids from Kessel, bring them to Mon Calamari to download the information that R2-D2 found. Although the whaling ship is destroyed and Captain Dunwell killed, Luke is unable to stop Trioculus from obtaining the glove, as he parts ways with Luke, Trioculus swears he will destroy him

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The Lost City of the Jedi
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The Lost City of the Jedi is the second book of the Jedi Prince series by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, and was released in June 1992. It is preceded by the novel The Glove of Darth Vader, after an attempted assassination by the Empire trying to blow up Lukes X-wing fighter, he has a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan tells Luke of the secret Lost City of the Jedi hidden beneath the rainforests of Yavin IV, unknown to Luke at the time, the city is home to a twelve-year-old boy named Ken, who is called the Jedi Prince. In the city, with the vast databanks on the computers, Ken learns the history of the Jedi, as Luke is searching the forests he meets a mysterious healer, Baji. With Baji he searched the forests, eventually encountering Ken, who had run away from the droids, before he is questioned further, his caretaker droid finds him and they both vanish in a puff of smoke from Dee-Jay. Luke, more determined to find this city, returned to get help from the rest of the Rebels, meanwhile, Trioculus, the new Emperor has a meeting with Supreme Prophet Kadann. Kadann tells him that he is not the son of Palpatine. He also tells him of the Lost City of the Jedi, able to infiltrate the Rebels meeting with an explosive device, he demanded that they reveal to him the location of the city. When they refused, he readied the devices explosion, while taking in the beauty of Princess Leia. As Luke stopped the explosion Trioculus started his plan, to raze the forests in order to find the entrance. During this implementation, he goes blind and orders the capture of the healer. Baji tells him that when he uses the power of the Glove of Darth Vader he is injuring his nerve endings, causing blindness, Baji tells him of a cure, but it can only be found in his hut, which is about to be destroyed by the fires. Unable to stop his troops, Trioculus rushes into the hut, and saves the cure, as the Rebels attempted to stop the troops, Luke finally found the City. With the help of the droids at the controlling center. Ken decided to leave with Luke and join the Rebels in their leaving the City. Without finding the city, Trioculus left the planet, vowing to destroy all of the Rebels except Leia, the Lost City of the Jedi on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki Official CargoBay Listing

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Zorba the Hutt's Revenge
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Zorba the Hutts Revenge is the third book of the Jedi Prince series by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, and was released in July 1992. It is preceded by the novel The Lost City of the Jedi, in order to help Ken become accustomed to the world outside of the Lost City of the Jedi, Luke brings him to Tatooine to experience the Droidfest. Meanwhile, Zorba the Hutt, the father of Jabba, upon learning of his sons death, although the governor, Lando Calrissian, who has taken over the casino, refuses the claim, he agrees to bet the city and the casino on a game of sabacc. With Zorba marking the cards in a paint that only Hutts can see, Lando lost the city and left after warning Han. After a series of mishaps, Leia is captured by Trioculus guards and brought to his factory on the planet, when Zorba learns that his sons murderer is in the custody of Trioculus he proposes a trade. Trioculus, however, wont give up his queen, and although has his stormtroopers ready to aid him, is defeated by Zorbas police force, Ken, however, is able to escape his jailers through a use of a Jedi mind trick and is reunited with Han. Luke is also able to rescue Leia and all are taken aboard the Millennium Falcon before Zorba destroys Trioculus factory, thinking that Leia was killed, he taunts Trioculus before freezing him in carbonite. The rebels leave the planet with Han wondering if hell ever be able to ask Leia to marry him, Zorba the Hutts Revenge on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki Official CargoBay Listing

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Mission from Mount Yoda
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Mission from Mount Yoda is the fourth book of the Jedi Prince series by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, and was released in February 1993. Its preceded by the novel Zorba the Hutts Revenge and followed by the novel Queen of the Empire, with Trioculus imprisoned in carbonite, the Prophets meet in Kadanns Chamber of Dark Visions to hear his new prophecy on the leadership of the Empire. Kadann spoke in quatrains, prophesying that Trioculus would never again get the blessing to be leader, as the Prophets concoct a plan to retrieve Trioculus body and destroy it, Luke, Leia and Han fly to Dagobah. The rebels began to colonize Dagobah by building a school, which Ken is to attend, while there, a Duros, Dustini, brings news that the planet Duro is under attack by Imperial stormtroopers, who are stealing artifacts. Though he managed to some, one was a golden crown that was booby trapped and stabbed Dustini. As the Rebels send a mission to Duro to stop the Empire, in a secret cavern on Duro, Luke, Han and Ken finally encounter Triclops, the true son of Palpatine. Though the Imperials attacked trying to abduct Triclops, with his help the rebels escaped and brought Triclops back to DRAPAC, mission from Mount Yoda on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki Official CargoBay Listing

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Queen of the Empire
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Queen of the Empire is the fifth book of the Jedi Prince series by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, and was released in March 1993. It is preceded by the novel Mission from Mount Yoda and followed by the novel Prophets of the Dark Side. When a demonstration of a decoy Human Replica Droid of Leia goes wrong, when they reach the planets hospital a hurricane is ravaging it. After Han is able to bring the scientist to the doctors, when Leia eventually saves him, he reveals that the experience scared him that he wouldnt be able to reveal his big plans. Upon leaving the scientist in the care, Han proposes to Leia and they plan on eloping at Hologram Fun World. With the help of the new owner of the park, Lando Calrissian, they plan a wedding and visit many hologram attractions, including a trip through the Alderaan of Leias memories. While they are at the park, one of Zorba the Hutts spies in the park tells him that Leia is alive and he plans on capturing her and killing her on Tatooine as she did to his son. With some help, he manages to capture her during a show and take her to his ship, with the carbonite-frozen body of Trioculus. Zorbas ship, however, is captured by the Moffship of Grand Moff Hissa, when they discover Trioculus is still alive, he is quickly unfrozen and only spares Zorbas life when Zorba reveals where Leia is. Hoping to turn Leia to his side, Trioculus drops Zorba into the Pit of Carkoon into the mouth of the Sarlacc. While Trioculus makes plans to marry Leia, Han and Lando, joined by Luke, Ken and they rescue Leia and are able to replace her with the Human Replica Droid, who goes to the wedding in Leias place. While the Millennium Falcon escapes, the droids lasers pierce Trioculus heart, as he lay dying, unbeknownst to anyone, Zorba crawled out of the Sarlacc, as no creature in the universe can digest a Hutt. Queen of the Empire on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki Official CargoBay Listing

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Prophets of the Dark Side
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Prophets of the Dark Side is the sixth book of the Jedi Prince series by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, and was released in May 1993. As Trioculus lay dying he made Grand Moff Hissa promise that he would make Luke Skywalker, Leia proposes that a defense probe be built from plans found at the Lost City of the Jedi. These plans happen to be from Kens homework assignments, prompting him, while they return to the Rebel base on Yavin, Zorba the Hutt has a meeting with the Prophets of the Dark Side in their space station Scardia. He tells of the grand moffs betrayals and plans of making Trioculus leader once again, when the Moffship is captured, they are put to trial, and surprised to see Zorba as the main witness. All of the moffs are sentenced to death, with Hissas being the cruelest. Back on Yavin 4, Luke decides to give Triclops false information about the decoy transporter, in order to stop the information leak altogether, Luke, Ken, and Chewbacca went to the planet Arzid to find a mushroom to deactivate the implant. While there they are captured by Imperial stormtroopers and brought to the Prophets, Kadann, using the false information from Triclops, sends Hissa to his death in the decoy transport and threatens that he will send Luke if Ken doesnt betray the location of the real transport. He also promises Ken that he will reveal who his father was, with that motivation, Ken betrays the city and is brought with the Prophets to it. There Kadann reveals that Kens father is Triclops meaning his grandfather was the Emperor, not wanting to believe them and crying, Ken is told that he will be bred to be the new Emperor and will know the Dark Side of the Force. Meanwhile, Luke, finally able to get free of his guards and rescued by Han and he rescues Ken, but not before the city is shut down by the Imperials and an earthquake destroys the main computer. Although Luke and Ken are able to reach the surface, Kadann, Ken is able to come to terms with his parentage, but is unable to speak to his father about it, as Triclops manages to escape and evade capture in the forests of Yavin. The story ends with Leia, preparing for her wedding and seeing a vision of Han with their two children, wondering if they are twins, Prophets of the Dark Side on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki Official CargoBay Listing

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Jedi Search
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date

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Dark Apprentice
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This list of characters from the Star Wars franchise contains only those which are considered part of the official Star Wars canon. C-3PO and R2-D2 are the characters to appear in all films to date

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Children of the Jedi
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Children of the Jedi is a 1995 Star Wars novel by American writer Barbara Hambly. The novel is set several months after the Jedi Academy Trilogy in the Star Wars expanded universe timeline, moreover, it serves as book one in a three book cycle involving Callista, an ex-Jedi Knight. The next book in the cycle is Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson, Hambly also wrote the final novel in the cycle, Planet of Twilight. He makes an ally in the form of Callista, the brave Jedi who sacrificed her life to stop the ship thirty years before. Tenderness grows between them, but time is running out, and the destruction of the Eye will mean the loss of Callista forever. Beyond all hope, Callista is revived as a human when Cray chooses to die and be reunited with her dead lover Nichos, but everything has to be paid for, Callista loses her Jedi powers. Their love and trials continue in Darksaber and The Planet of Twilight, as with all of Bantam Spectras Star Wars releases from the mid-1990s, Children of the Jedi is a bestseller. URL accessed on January 4,2006, irek Ismaren Darksaber Planet of Twilight Children of the Jedi, 1st edition paperback,1995

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Darksaber
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Darksaber is a 1995 Star Wars novel by American writer Kevin J. Anderson. The novel is set immediately after Children of the Jedi and one year before Planet of Twilight in the Star Wars expanded universe timeline. In the Jedi Academy trilogy, Admiral Daala is forced to retreat to the Core Worlds, immediately thereafter, Luke Skywalker encounters Callista, a former Jedi who was trapped in the Eye of Palpatine. After being rescued, Callista is forced to take the form of one of Lukes former students, Luke and Callista immediately fall in love and work on building the Jedi Academy, though Callista still cannot use the Force. Meanwhile, Bevel Lemelisk is searching for a new assignment, which is given to him by Durga the Hutt, while searching Jabba the Hutts palace on Tatooine, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo learn that the Hutts are planning to build another superweapon. Skywalker and Solo reveal their discoveries, but not before Durgas subordinates steal the plans from the Imperial Palace, in order to find out the location of the superweapon, the New Republic launches a covert operation to Nal Hutta, disguised as a diplomatic summit. Back at the Hoth asteroid belt, Lemelisk starts construction on the cylindrical superlaser, Luke and Callista embark on a vacation that eventually leaves them stranded near the Hoth asteroid belt. They are rescued by Han and Leia Organa Solo, who just returned from the mission on Nal Hutta. However, Luke and Callistas rescue is mainly thanks to the Republic fleet, while Madine succeeds in relaying the location to the fleet, he is captured and killed by Durga. However, Durgas triumph is short-lived when the Republic fleet spots the Darksaber, the Darksaber attempts to fire its superlaser and make an escape, but the weapon fails and the ship is destroyed by two large asteroids. Meanwhile, Admiral Daala succeeds in uniting the remains of the Empire in the core systems, with the help of Pellaeon, she plans a strike force against a series of New Republic targets, including the Jedi academy on Yavin IV. They also attack Khomm, where Jedi trainees Kyp Durron and Dorsk 81 are visiting, furious, the pair of Jedi spy on Daalas fleet and succeed in warning the academy of the attack. Using the powers of the Force, the Jedi trainees back at Yavin IV manage to hold off Daalas forces until New Republic reinforcements arrive, Daala is forced to retreat when her Super Star Destroyer, the Knight Hammer, is destroyed. After the failed attack, Daala transfers control over the Imperial forces to Pellaeon, meanwhile, Callista decides to temporarily leave Luke and venture on a journey to regain her powers. Luke is heartbroken, but decides to move on and continue to build the Jedi academy, Darksaber was published worldwide in November 1995, a time in which Bantam Spectra was releasing several bestselling Star Wars novels a year. Although it was not as successful as the Jedi Academy trilogy, the novel that preceded it, Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly, was also a bestseller. Planet of Twilight Echo Base ^ Interview with Kevin J. Anderson, URL accessed on March 4,2006. URL accessed on March 4,2006, ISBN 0-553-57611-9 Barbara Hambly, Children of the Jedi

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Planet of Twilight
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Planet of Twilight is a 1997 novel by Barbara Hambly, set in the Star Wars galaxy. The story takes place on Nam Chorios, a world in the Outer Rim which infamously was the center of the Death Seed Plague centuries ago. It is now home to a religious cult which is plotting to use a new weapon system of quasi-intelligent crystals as unstoppable. Leia Organa Solo unofficially goes on a trip to meet with Seti Ashgad, luke Skywalker is there after receiving a message from Callista, an old flame. Lukes ship is shot down and Leia is kidnapped by the ancient, after a series of adventures the two escape and end the political conspiracy between the Rationalists and the New Republic

Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It …

George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, the director of A New Hope and the prequel trilogy, and the script supervisor of both the original and prequel trilogies. His work in the original film earned him Academy Award nominations, for best director, screenplay and film. In 2014, Lucas ceased creative involvement with the franchise.

The main cast members of the original Star Wars trilogy, who reprised their characters in supporting roles on the sequel trilogy; from left: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford (SDCC, July 2015).

Lawrence Kasdan co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story.

John Williams composed the scores for the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.